Andrej Pejic in Candy Magazine
Andrej Pejic – model du jour, darling of fashion designers. Isn’t he the final nail in the coffin, the proof of how not-so-far-at-all we’ve come? Proof of the Freudian, sub-conscious disgust we still collectively harbour for the female body. Thinly veiled as a fascination with androgyny, fashion designers – gay, straight, male and female alike - are all gushing wet for this sultry boy. Is it the allure of shock value, the pushing of boundaries? Quite the opposite. It’s so very safe. Nothing is more offensive to the fashion world than the boldness female body in its fierce sexuality and nothing more comforting than the unthreatening, regular angles of a sinewy, pigeon-chested boy body. Not even a man’s body. A boy’s. An attempt to mute female sensuality altogether. The final proof that in the collective sub conscious of our society, the ultimate female body is that of a boy.
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